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If only a version of D&D had been published that did all this!

One thing I don't think DM's appreciate is that the difficulty in forcing a loss of concentration is a double-edged sword. I tend to...

Just make sure that the item is limited use (like maybe 3/day you can use a reaction to succeed on a save against a charm effect or...

Just the usual damage methods. The party includes a monk, a battlemaster, a wizard, a cleric and a bard. There were multiple crits on...

This I agree with, but I think there is room for change without it suddenly being "not D&D." Save or suck spells as afflictions would...

This seems like a good modification to LR because it makes burning LR useful even if the boss goes down from hp damage. Right now it can...

Heh. I did play Everquest for a very short while many, many years ago. But, I do recall dying a HELL of a lot, even in the "easy"...

Isn't this just the Ranger problem again? The Ranger existing doesn't prevent any other character from saying they are a...

Lesson I learned early on for boss monsters: assume that the players will find a way to kill it in the first round (or at least...

I have never understood the idea of wanting to start a arms race with the players.

I generally don't use "Rule Zero" as a tool to undermine the players or compensate for bad die rolls or -- if we are playing RAW with...

Note that it can go the other way too. There's monsters out there, beyond the spellcasting ones, that can absolutely decimate a party...

I think one of the problems is the players also veto uses. Is it reasonable, on the flipside, for a spellcasting creature in its lair...

Well, my complaint was not that I did not get to kill a bunch of PCs.

Our last D&D session went like this (I wasn't the DM). We had found ourself mired in Shadow Fey (Kobold Press's Midgard setting)...